Global Patent Index - EP 2354966 A2

EP 2354966 A2 20110810 - System and method for visual document comparison using localized two-dimensional visual fingerprints

Title (en)

System and method for visual document comparison using localized two-dimensional visual fingerprints

Title (de)

System und Verfahren für den visuellen Dokumentenvergleich unter Verwendung lokalisierter, zweidimensionaler, visueller Fingerabdrücke

Title (fr)

Système et procédé de comparaison de document visuel utilisant des empreintes digitales visuelles bidimensionnelles

Publication

EP 2354966 A2 20110810 (EN)

Application

EP 11152959 A 20110201

Priority

US 70112710 A 20100205

Abstract (en)

A method and system detects and highlights changes in documents (100,200) and displays those documents in a side-by-side aligned view. Aspects of a source document (100) and a revised document (200) are detected and compared. Similarities and/or differences between the source document and the revised document are identified and visual identifiers are introduced to maintain consistent and accurate alignment between content in the source document and content in the revised document. A merged single file (300) is output containing the aligned side-by-side view of the source document and the revised document, with all differences between the source document and the revised document visually identified.

IPC 8 full level

G06F 17/22 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06F 40/166 (2020.01 - EP US); G06F 40/194 (2020.01 - EP US); G06F 40/197 (2020.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2354966 A2 20110810; EP 2354966 A3 20120627; JP 2011165187 A 20110825; US 2011197121 A1 20110811; US 9514103 B2 20161206

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 11152959 A 20110201; JP 2011024218 A 20110207; US 70112710 A 20100205